Comparison of Diagnostic Tools for the Detection of Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Design
4.2. Diagnostic Procedures
4.3. Data Handling and Statistical Analysis
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Knott’s Test Negative Samples (n = 184) | SNAP 4Dx Plus | HW Ag ELISA without Preheating | HW Ag ELISA with Preheating |
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50 | Positive | Positive | Positive |
9 | Negative | Positive | Positive |
56 | Negative | Negative | Positive |
2 | Negative | Positive | Negative |
67 | Negative | Negative | Negative |
Modified Knott’s Method | HW Ag ELISA without Preheating | HW Ag ELISA with Preheating | Increase in Positive Samples with vs. without Preheating (%) |
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Dirofilaria immitis and co-infected a | 137 | 159 | 16% |
Dirofilaria repens only | 7 | 15 | 114% |
No microfilaria observed | 59 | 115 | 95% |
Total | 205 | 289 | 42% |
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Panarese, R.; Iatta, R.; Mendoza-Roldan, J.A.; Szlosek, D.; Braff, J.; Liu, J.; Beugnet, F.; Dantas-Torres, F.; Beall, M.J.; Otranto, D. Comparison of Diagnostic Tools for the Detection of Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs. Pathogens 2020, 9, 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060499
Panarese R, Iatta R, Mendoza-Roldan JA, Szlosek D, Braff J, Liu J, Beugnet F, Dantas-Torres F, Beall MJ, Otranto D. Comparison of Diagnostic Tools for the Detection of Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs. Pathogens. 2020; 9(6):499. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060499
Chicago/Turabian StylePanarese, Rossella, Roberta Iatta, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Donald Szlosek, Jennifer Braff, Joe Liu, Frédéric Beugnet, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Melissa J. Beall, and Domenico Otranto. 2020. "Comparison of Diagnostic Tools for the Detection of Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs" Pathogens 9, no. 6: 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060499
APA StylePanarese, R., Iatta, R., Mendoza-Roldan, J. A., Szlosek, D., Braff, J., Liu, J., Beugnet, F., Dantas-Torres, F., Beall, M. J., & Otranto, D. (2020). Comparison of Diagnostic Tools for the Detection of Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs. Pathogens, 9(6), 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060499